MOAB vs FOAB

[#1]

So we've all heard about the USAs MOAB - Mother Of All Bombs... the Mother part I think we can all safely assume is short for mother_you_know_what.

So then the ruskies get some publicity for their 4x more powerful version and it gets the nickname FOAB. Now surely.. thats just not sounding right.. Why on earth didn't they just call it the "Big Daddy"... sounds far better... doesn't it?

Am I losing the plot here or have i just dropped a bombshell? 

[#2]

Actually " GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast"

[#3]

That may be.. but the alternative still came around regardless of its official name.

And FOAB sounds so wrong!

[#4]

FOAB Father Of All Bombs.

[#5]

Surprised any bombs have fathers. 

[#6]

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7up wrote:

That may be.. but the alternative still came around regardless of its official name.

And FOAB sounds so wrong!

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No doubt we could think of suitable unsuitable words for FOAB.

[#7]

Just wait for the next one named SOAB , maybe it will catch on like the naming of weather storms. Even better if they are actually using them on something worthwhile.

[#8]

There was a man called Saddam Hussein who promised The mother of all battles.  I wonder what became of him.

[#9]

He never had a head for heights, that's what happened! 

[#10]

Didn't think the plinth was that high...but he didn't have to climb down.

[#11]

Maybe he was roped into it.

[#12]

Well he certainly had his head in the sand...